SOCIOL 2Z03 Lecture Notes - Sociological Inquiry, Empirical Relationship, Nomothetic
18 Jun 2013
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Attributes are essentially the categories that make up a variable: types of variables (1) independent variables it is the variable that is assumed to have an impact on another variable. Cause" (2) dependent variable it is the variable that is assumed to be influenced by another variable. Hypothesis: less education and women are more religious study 2 religiosity is independent and voting preference is dependent. Religion with high conservative view with prefer conservative/right wing party: types of explanation (1) idiographic explanation involved identifying all the factors behind a specific action or event. 3-4 explanatory variables i. e a story may identify all the causes of a particular event (like ww1) (2) nomothetic explanation pertains to abstract and general. Involves identifying the main factors behind a general action or event i. e socio might indentify main causes of prejudice: criteria for causality in nomothetic explanation. Previous example: education background are independent variables that influence prejudice (dependent variable)
